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Composition II, from: Sculptural Ideas

Henry Moore

Gilden's Art Gallery (IFPDA) United Kingdom

Artwork details

Artist

Henry Moore

Title

Composition II, from: Sculptural Ideas

Description

This original etching and aquatint is hand signed by the artist in pencil "Moore" at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin. There were also ten hors commerce [out of trade] impressions aside from the standard edition.
It was printed by 2RC Editirice, Rome and co-published by Raymond Spencer Company Ltd for the Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham.
The work was printed as part of the portfolio "Sculptural Ideas" that included seven original etchings by Henry Moore.
The paper bears the blindstamp of the publisher in the lower left corner.

Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1986) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1980-1984. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 581.

Condition: Very good condition. Very pale time-staining in the margins. Remnants of hinging tape, verso.

Date

1981

Medium

Etching and Aquatint

Edition

Signature

Signed

Catalogue Raisonne

Cramer 581

Image

25.1 x 34.6 cm

Sheet

42.9 x 57.8 cm

Status

Available

Price

$3,000.00

The Artist

Henry Moore

Henry Moore produced many prints, his first prints being created in the 1940s. Most of Henry Moore’s prints are lithography prints though he also produce many etching prints. All of Moore prints are original prints as Moore saw printmaking as a distinct medium to create artworks.